Most of my mixing lately has been with a spray washer, 25# paper 15# portland and spray it until a drum is full. End product weighs in the range of 10# per cubic foot, sounds like a piece of wood when you knock on it.
I tried expanded perlite about eight years ago, didn't see the advantage since it comes from far away in Arizona, and more paper and opc is cheaper. I never did like sand or dirt in the mix since it is plenty strong enough for my purposes, and insulates well.
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On 5/3/2010 4:43 PM, thelandyachtaustin wrote:
So, concensus on what's the most widely used "recipe for Papercrete these days, since it looks like pumice (and other similar components) are damn near impossible to get here? Last I heard, I think Judith was goin with 1bag cement (or cement & fly-ash mix) 26" stack of paper (dry) 2 5gallon buckets of pumice (no longer available) I'd assume this is no longer the case, Judith? What's the current gameplan? Anyone else wanna weigh in on this? ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: papercreters-digest@yahoogroups.com papercreters-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: papercreters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2852 - Release Date: 05/03/10 12:27:00
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